Welcome, reader, to The Rise of Scarlett Heroux, a fantasy romance set in a world brutalized by backstabbing politics – releasing February 25th!

Title: The Rise Of Scarlett Heroux
Author: Elizabeth Watson
Genre: New Adult, Fantasy, Romance, Romantasy
Release Date: February 25th, 2026
Book Tour Host: Crowns & Chaos

About The Book: 

The Rise Of Scarlett Heroux

Welcome to Soleil: magic is illegal, politics are deadly, and falling in love is the most dangerous act of all.

When Scarlett Heroux witnesses her father’s assassination from mere inches away, her world shatters. The 22-year-old heiress to a political dynasty is thrust into her newly inherited seat in Parliament, compelled to fulfill her father’s revolutionary dream of opening Soleil’s borders to a world of magic her people have long rejected.

After Scarlett reveals her intention to open Soleil’s borders to magic, she is threatened, assaulted, and knocked unconscious. She flees to her mother’s homeland where she discovers magic flowing through her veins and a fated bond she shares with her childhood friend, the handsome Brayden Maddox. Their smoldering connection—and years of mutual pining—ignites into a blaze when magic pushes them together. Yet as bodies and magic entwine, Scarlett resists surrendering to fate. How can she choose pleasure when the cost is leaving her country to the politicians behind her father’s murder?

With Brayden at her side, Scarlett returns to expose Soleil’s corrupt underbelly and open the borders. But another assault pushes Brayden to use his still-illegal magic to protect Scarlett, and the long arm of the law comes for them both. Scarlett must use her new powers to free Brayden and see her persecutors arrested by any means necessary—legal or not.

If she fails, she’ll pay with her life.

What You Can Expect in This Book:

✨Book One in the North Stars Saga Trilogy
✨Fast-paced plot
✨Friends-to-lovers/star-crossed lovers 
✨Destined heroine 
✨Magic tattoos & secret powers 
✨Modern technology in a fantasy world 
✨Banned magic 
✨Three open-door spicy scenes. One self-pleasure scene with a rabbit vibrator. 
✨People pleaser FMC taking control of her own destiny
✨Inspired by US/UK politics

Triggers:

Welcome, reader, to The Rise of Scarlett Heroux, a fantasy romance set in a world brutalized by backstabbing politics. Within these pages you’ll find intense violence (including gun violence), kidnapping, parental death, discussions of miscarriage, abusive medical malpractice, graphic language, depictions of war, and sexual activities that are shown on the page.

Purchase: Amazon

About The Author: 

Elizabeth Watson lives in her home state of Arizona with her husband and two tiny overlords. Before turning to writing full time, she spent more than a decade in the world of finance, living in Edinburgh, San Francisco, and London. When she’s not writing or spending time with her family, Elizabeth enjoys astrology, tarot, and reading badass fantasy romance. The Rise of Scarlett Heroux is her debut novel.

Connect With Elizabeth: Website | Goodreads | Instagram | TikTok

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